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Photographers snapped singer Adele smooching new beau Simon Konecki in Florida as they enjoyed a private airboat ride through the everglades. Konecki, who is 13 years older than Adele, is the head of water charity Drop4Drop, so there’s a “Set Fire To The Rain” joke in here somewhere.

Hey may be popping up in FX’s American Horror Story and again on Oct. 21 in the premiere of Wall Street drama Margin Call (which he produced), but it’s Star Trek 2 that Zachary Quinto is focused on: “I’m starting to shift into that mode of preparation. I have physical training and other ways of prepping for it. None of us have seen the script. We’re all very curious to see where he’s taking us this time. We’re going on rumors, little hints here and there, stories we’ve been told.” Just like the rest of the Internet? The sci-fi sequel starts filming early next year. [Source, Source]

Because Orange County and Beverly Hills don’t represent enough of California’s well-moneyed class, Bravo is reportedly on the hunt to create The Real Housewives of Silicon Valley, which a casting call says is “America’s most emerging area.” Does this mean beautiful ladies with pseudo connections to Twitter, Amazon.com, Google, and eBay are about to find themselves in front of a camera instead of a computer screen? We can only assume Priscilla Chan, long-time girlfriend of Mark Zuckerberg, is at the top of producers’ wish list. Read the casting call: More »

George Clooney on his Lake Como customs: “[Skinny dipping] is a tradition at my house! It’s funny. … Some people skinny dip, but I always go upstairs and put a suit on and then I jump in the lake. … First I got Walter Cronkite to jump in. Then I got David Gergen to jump in. And I used Walter Cronkite to get Gergen to jump in. And I used Marisa [Tomei] and Evan [Rachel Wood] in the lake to get Charlie Rose to jump in.” [Source]

After being convicted of aggravated manslaughter for the 2008 death of her 1-year-old goddaughter Olivia Madison Garcia, Billy Bob Thornton‘s 32-year-old daughter Amanda Brumfield was sentenced to 20 years in prison. She had claimed the baby hit her head when she tried to climb out of her playpen. [Source]